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To: John Hunt who wrote (16225)8/22/1998 7:26:00 AM
From: Link Lady  Respond to of 18056
 
WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE
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To: John Hunt who wrote (16225)8/23/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Respond to of 18056
 
6 part article by economist Paul Krugman, proposing the radical step of instituting currency exchange controls:

pathfinder.com

Tom



To: John Hunt who wrote (16225)8/23/1998 4:27:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 18056
 
A couple of articles on the disaster that is Russia:

forbes.com forbes.com

I believe it was Steven Hanke who said on CNBC that an easy way to inject liquidity into the Russian economy would be to legalize dollar transactions. A substantial percentage of the money in Russia is dollars in mattresses.

Tom